Guest guest Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Dear n, Thanks so much for these kind words. You are right-prospective resurfacing patients do need to realize that THR's can also get infected. I have a friend who had a THR just before my op which got infected. She has just completed her antibiotics and is keeping her fingers crossed. They do warn you about this before the op. It is just that you never think it will be you. Ah well... Eleanor possible infection Hi Eleanor I'm really sorry to hear that you may have an infection in your hip. I hope that if you do, the antibiotics will work. You have performed a valuable service by describing your delays in healing on this board, and your symptoms. Now others will be aware of what could be happening to them, and hopefully will be able to demand a faster follow-up OS consultation than you received. Three months of swelling is definitely longer than normal. But some of your other symptoms, taken in isolation, were harder to identify as being a possible medical (rather than just slow healing) problem. The combination of all of them is more telling. I think it's important for nervous prospective resurfacing patients to realize that some traditional THR's also get infected. There is always a risk of infection with major surgery, hospitals being full of sick or injured people, after all. But the doctors and nurses do their best to minimize this risk, and most of us do have good results. Also, as a middle-aged woman with limited ROM several years before the op, I've been slower to heal than some of the younger patients, especially the guys, and I'm still going to physiotherapy. But when I read your details, I realized that I was doing OK, as I've been off a cane since two months post op, and driving with no problems since six weeks. Also, I had almost no swelling, even right after the op. The nurses in the Birmingham Nuffield told me that usually if your hip doesn't swell up by day 5 or so, then it won't have major swelling after that (unless, of course, a secondary problem like infection causes it). Best of luck, Eleanor! I'm glad you will have a new grandchild to bring you joy while you're going through all of this. n rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Dear n, Thanks so much for these kind words. You are right-prospective resurfacing patients do need to realize that THR's can also get infected. I have a friend who had a THR just before my op which got infected. She has just completed her antibiotics and is keeping her fingers crossed. They do warn you about this before the op. It is just that you never think it will be you. Ah well... Eleanor possible infection Hi Eleanor I'm really sorry to hear that you may have an infection in your hip. I hope that if you do, the antibiotics will work. You have performed a valuable service by describing your delays in healing on this board, and your symptoms. Now others will be aware of what could be happening to them, and hopefully will be able to demand a faster follow-up OS consultation than you received. Three months of swelling is definitely longer than normal. But some of your other symptoms, taken in isolation, were harder to identify as being a possible medical (rather than just slow healing) problem. The combination of all of them is more telling. I think it's important for nervous prospective resurfacing patients to realize that some traditional THR's also get infected. There is always a risk of infection with major surgery, hospitals being full of sick or injured people, after all. But the doctors and nurses do their best to minimize this risk, and most of us do have good results. Also, as a middle-aged woman with limited ROM several years before the op, I've been slower to heal than some of the younger patients, especially the guys, and I'm still going to physiotherapy. But when I read your details, I realized that I was doing OK, as I've been off a cane since two months post op, and driving with no problems since six weeks. Also, I had almost no swelling, even right after the op. The nurses in the Birmingham Nuffield told me that usually if your hip doesn't swell up by day 5 or so, then it won't have major swelling after that (unless, of course, a secondary problem like infection causes it). Best of luck, Eleanor! I'm glad you will have a new grandchild to bring you joy while you're going through all of this. n rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hello, Do not open anymore mail from me or attachments until I send one with " Virus Free " in the subject line. I believe my computer has been infected with a virus or spyware or both. I am at my friends house, so this email is clean. My computer is currently in crash mode. It will only say " security wall broken, " and Errorr followed by numbers before it freezes up and will not restart without the same thing occuring. My someone is currently working on it, but I think I will be getting a new computer. I hope that it was not a virus and if so, I hope your computer is not infected. I have never had a computer crash due to a virus, but this sounds like it to me, I think. I am not sure but I sent this because I have heard of virus's going through address books to spread and I wanted to warn you. Sorry, Freeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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